2. The government announced the names of 13 more cities to be developed as smart cities, taking the total count to 33. Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh has topped this list and the other selected cities are Warangal in Telangana, Dharmashala in Himachal Pradesh.

3. Islamic Development Bank (IDB) of Saudi Arabia will set up its first branch in Gujarat, India. IDB will also give 30 medical vans to Gujarat. IDB’s main objective is to foster the economic development and social progress of member countries as well as the Muslim community in accordance with principles of Shariah. The bank has 56 Islamic countries as its members.

4. Tech Mahindra announced dropping of its plans to start a payment bank. TechM became the third license winner to pull out of their plans to set up a payments bank in the country.

5. BJP MLA Leader of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal sworn in as the chief minister of Assam.

6. The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Viklangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag) will now be known as ‘Divyangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag’ in Hindi as per a change in the Government of India (Allocation of Business) 1961 rules now approved by President Pranab Mukherjee.